Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates August 1 (heats and semifinals)
August 2 (final)
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Hilda Strike  Canada
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wilhelmina von Bremen  United States

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 1 and August 2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1] The final was won by Pole Stanisława Walasiewicz.

In 1980, after her shooting death as a bystander at an armed robbery, 1932 race winner Stanisława Walasiewicz was revealed to be intersex, and possibly ineligible to compete under modern gender determination tests.[2] No change has been made to the records for the 1932 women's 100 metres race.

Results

Heats

  Advance on placement

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Marie Dollinger Germany12.2
2Billie von Bremen United States12.3
3Hilda Strike Canada12.3
4Gwen Porter Great Britain12.4
5Marjorie Clark South Africa12.5

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland11.9
2Mary Frizzell Canada12.1
3Sumiko Watanabe Japan12.2
4Bep du Mée Netherlands12.3

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Tollien Schuurman Netherlands12.2
2Mary Vandervliet Canada12.3
3Eileen Hiscock Great Britain12.3
4Eileen Wearne Australia12.5
5Ethel Harrington United States12.7
6Taka Shibata Japan12.7

Heat four

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Elizabeth Wilde United States12.4
2Cor Aalten Netherlands12.4
3Thelma Kench New Zealand12.4
4Asa Dogura Japan12.9
5Ethel Johnson Great Britain13.9

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland11.9=WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Hilda Strike Canada11.9=WR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Wilhelmina von Bremen United States12.0
4Marie Dollinger Germany12.2
5Eileen Hiscock Great Britain12.3
6Elizabeth Wilde United States12.3

Key: =WR = Equalled world record

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  2. (in English) Associated Press (corporate author) (23 January 1981). "Report Says Stella Walsh; Had Male Sex Organs". The New York Times (23 January 1981). Retrieved 31 May 2006.
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